The Family of God

God gave his family different men, who complete different functions. The result of these men completing their function is:

• God's people are able to do God's work -- which should also include the function these men do.
• God's people move toward completeness.

This work -- the performance of these functions -- will continue until there is a oneness of faith, and a oneness of understanding Father, Son, and Spirit. God's family will reach spiritual maturity, and become complete. Our picture of what completeness is, is Jesus.

We won't chase around after new things. We won't be deceived by clever lies. We will understand the truth; and we will speak it with a new motivation. That is, we will be filled with love, and speak to truly benefit those around us.

We are becoming more, and more, like Jesus. But we are not clones. God designed each person, before the foundation of the world, to fill a particular place. Because of sin, we fail to do what we designed for. This process brings us back to our original design.

The current situation is lack God's people are a vast orchestra. Some people are playing clarinets, when they should be playing oboes. Some are using their flutes like drum sticks. Some are using their bows to pokes their neighbors. The tubas, trumpets, and trombones are gathering dust. And we are all supposed to be playing "Beethoven's Fifth". But some are playing "Roll Over Beethoven." And others "The Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy." But God is working to bring us together into one focused harmony.

Some people focus on behavior modification. I choose to follow Jesus, so I need to change the stuff I do. T need to stop lying, stop getting hammered on the weekend. And I need to start reading the Bible, going to church, praying, and sharing the gospel. And all of these to-do's and to-don't's are important. But following, and growing, is more than crossing off stuff on a list.